Funeral mask (so-called Death mask of Agamemnon)
Hammered golden sheet.1550—1500 BCE. Inv. No. 624.Athens, National Archaeological MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
Funeral mask (so-called Death mask of Agamemnon).
Hammered golden sheet.
1550—1500 BCE.
1550—1500 BCE.
Inv. No. 624.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum
(Αθήνα, Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο).
Origin:
Excavations by Heinrich Schliemann, 1876., Mycenae, Grave Circle A, shaft grave V.
Literature:
Elsie Spathari. MYCENAE. A guide to the history and archaeology. Athens, 2014.
Credits:
© 2014. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
Data: museum annotation.
Keywords: mythologia graeca greek mythology mitologia greca griechische mythologie grecque ελληνική μυθολογία rex agamemnon king re agamennone herrscher roi βασιλιάς ἀγαμέμνων αγαμέμνων αγαμέμνονας burial funeral funerary mask maschera funeraria trauermaske masque funéraire μάσκα κηδείας toreutics toreutica cesellatura toreutik treibarbeit toreutique greco ελληνικό gold golden d’oro goldene goldener d’or d’ors χρυσός χρυσή χρυσό χρυσαφένιος χρυσαφένια χρυσαφένιο goldfoil beaten leaf sheet foglia oro lamina blattgold goldschaum feuille death mortuaria totenmaske mortuaire ou de mort hammered
schliemann inv no 624
